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Business
English
Intermediate
B1 - Attend meetings and presentations
Clarifying and confirming information
Objectives
How to ask questions and use paraphrasing to clarify understanding: i) Vocabulary for clarifying and confirming. ii) Indirect questions
Grammar
Indirect questions: i) Can you tell me when the meeting is? ii) Can you tell me how many shipments we had? iii) Can you explain how this will work?
Description
Finding a balance between the content of your statements and establishing and maintaining a social connection with people are critical to successful communication in the workplace. It’s important to minimize misunderstandings that can damage relationships and compromise your work by clarifying issues and confirming information in a nonthreatening manner.